Gun season for deer hunters in Tennessee starts Saturday, and Dunlap’s Josh Kidwell has some catching up to do.
He doesn’t necessarily feel that way. A father’s pride supersedes a hunter’s envy, and his 9-year-old daughter, Anna, felled a 10-point buck on her second day out in a youth hunt on Oct. 30.
The 30-year-old Kidwell killed his first deer 12 years ago and averages “probably eight or nine a year,” counting bonus hunts at wildlife management areas such as Prentice Cooper and Land Between the Lakes, and a 9-pointer is his biggest.
He’s looking forward to getting out with his rifle this weekend.
“I’ve been to Kentucky and Ohio and all over the Chattanooga area,” Kidwell said Wednesday. “I’ve been to Northwest Tennessee a lot. I’ve got one friend I go with sometimes, but usually I just hunt on my own.”